Articles by NH_OPERATOR
With the season starting up, I would like to take some time to talk to you about personal safety. What does this mean exactly? For me it is park armor.
Now I know there have been several really large discussions/threads on Newschoolers about the importance of helmets while skiing. I don't want...
It occurred to me as I was driving into work just how different the world looks during the winter. I live in a particularly beautiful region of New Hampshire, and as I drove by Lake Winnisquam I thought about just how much more I love the world when it is cloaked in a blanket of white. All of...
"You have to look professional" is a phrase I hear far too often when working as a Ski Instructor. I usually hear it from the older skiers I work with, or from the managers. I even had a veteran instructor once tell me flat out "We have to get you a real set of poles, yours don't look...
Ever since the Inspired tour was announced a few months ago, I had been dying for the day of the show to come around. As the air begins to cool here in New England, I start to let myself think about skiing more and more. Meeting two of the best skiers around certainly put me back in the mood for...
Gunstock Mountain Resort. My home mountain, where I work, where I spend most of my time in the winter, where I essentially learned to ski. Here is my GTNS entry for my home mountain.
(I apologize for this taking so long to get out, between finishing up the edit my friend made, and my life...
Tuckerman Ravine - A right of passage for the East Coast Skier.
Tuckerman Ravine is the most well known back-country skiing destination on the east coast. Located on the south-east side of New Hampshire's Mt. Washington, it is somewhat of a right of passage for the hardcore east coast...
Ragged Mountain - The end of the season approaches.
With the temperatures rising and the snow melting, spring is finally in the air here in New England. As any true skier knows, the realization that spring has arrived is a somber one indeed. The thought of being unable to ski for 6+ months...
For as long as I can remember, I have been a skier. My parents started me skiing when I was 3 or 4 years old, I can't remember really. I can still see the mountain where I learned to ski at when I look out the windows of my house, now a downhill mountain bike park after the snow operations went...
Sugarbush - A full week of Sugar for me.
With the end of the season fast approaching, my friends and I packed our gear and headed to Sugarbush to use our free tickets we got from the Warren Miller event earlier in the season. We arrived just after the lifts started turning and headed up the...
Sugarloaf - Spring ain't got nothing on you.
Well, I finally managed to make the journey up to Sugarloaf this past weekend. I have been looking forward to Sugarloaf all season. I see stickers for it at almost every mountain I have been to, and I know many people who absolutely love it...
I was lucky enough to have Mcfellon and a few other members of the UVM team give me a tour around Mad River Glen. They all seemed like pretty cool dudes, so I figured I would give them an interview to help get the word out about UVMFST and Bmashed media!
So, give those on NS who don't know you...
Ski Sundown - Skiing south of New Hampshire? Shenanigans.
I figure, for a ski tour of New England, I should probably try to include most of the states in New England. (Unfortunately I will not be able to ski Rhode Island, as the one ski area in RI is already closed for the season.) Armed...
This week I make a stop at Mount Sunapee!
This is the best view I got all day.
Having taken a few of my normal days off from skiing other mountains to catch up on posts from last weeks tour of Vermont, I hit the slopes of a mountain near by to me. Mount Sunapee.
I am frankly unsure if I...
Stowe Mountain Resort - Mega-resort extraordinaire
Welcome to the third stop on my three day trip to Vermont, Stowe! (If you missed Parts 1 or 2 check them out!)
After surviving the negative 15 degree temps over night in my car, I awoke early and made my way up the road to Stowe. The...
Welcome to part two of my 3 day adventure into northern Vermont! Bolton Valley! (Read part 1 HERE if you missed it!)
I awoke around 7a.m. Wednesday, tucked away in a back corner of Boltons parking lot. Things were looking grey, but conditions seemed good other than that. I picked the best...
Mad River Glen - Why so Mad?
This week the GTNS went hard, hitting three mountains in three days,and sleeping in the car in true ski-bum fashion. The first stop in the trip, Mad River Glen.
I have been looking forward to visiting Mad River Glen probably more than almost any other...
Jay Peak - Still my favorite mountain.
(Full Disclaimer - I was given a ticket by Jay Peak because of my blog. It in no way affects my opinion of the mountain, I just really, really love this mountain.)
The last time I was at Jay Peak I was 17, I think. I went up with my dad for a couple...
Black Mountain and Bretton Woods Double feature!
Black Mountain
Bretton Woods
With Mass vacation week over, I am finally able to resume my normal GTNS touring schedule. I figured I would kick it back off by finishing off the last remaining mountain in the White Mountain area, Black...
Professionalism and Skiing -
Photo Courtesy of Steamboattoday.com
"You have to look professional" is a phrase I hear far too often when working as a Ski Instructor. I usually hear it from the older skiers I work with, or from the managers. I even had a veteran instructor once tell me flat...
Wildcat Mountain - Meow with even more wind!
With Mass vacation week in full swing, my industry reciprocity was blacked out everywhere. Lucky for me some friends and I had tickets to Wildcat from the Warren Miller charity event earlier in the season. We headed up bright and early on...